[IAEP] Etoys Help Requested / Pedido de Ayuda Etoys

[Carlos Rabassa]

Bert,

thanks!!

When something is not working there is nothing better than a clear answer like yours together with a request for help.

There are plenty of other areas where we,  users,  can focus our energy,  while those who enjoy writing complex code work on solutions to help the whole community.

Hope a lot of volunteers answer your "Help Welcome" sign.

They will be helping you and all of us.

Thanks again!!


Carlos Rabassa
Volunteer
Plan Ceibal Support Network
Montevideo, Uruguay



On Feb 8, 2011, at 9:18 AM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

> The camera object only works on the XO-1 so far. There has been work to support it on more machines, but so far that has not been finished. Help welcome. 
> 
> - Bert -
> 
> On 07.02.2011, at 20:13, Carlos Rabassa <carnen at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> Bert,
>> 
>> thanks for your answer.
>> 
>> I believe I wrote the necessary scripts to get the computer to take pictures at regular intervals and automatically prepare an animation,  based on those pictures,  to get a result hopefully like this:
>> 
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA
>> 
>> We still have one problem for which we need help.
>> 
>> Neither me using Etoys in a Mac,  nor the person who asked me to post the question,  using Etoys in Windows,  can get the computer´s camera to respond to the Etoys commands in the video section of the camera visor.
>> 
>> These are the scripts we created,  while we aren´t able to activate the camera:
>> 
>> Dragging the camera object out of the Object Catalog,  I get a blue frame with a working clock on it.
>> 
>> Imagine please,  until we resolve the problem of activating the camera,  that the animation I want to create consists of a series of still pictures of this clock taken at regular intervals.
>> 
>> Please find attached what I have done:
>> 
>> <Animation from Camera.001.pr>
>> 
>> I adjusted the clock in the takePics script to take the photos automatically at regular intervals.
>> 
>> I set it at 0.01 ticks per second which resulted in one photo every 1min 40sec as you can see in the clock photos already in the holder.
>> 
>> For the animation script I set the clock at 1 tick per second to be able to see the difference between each frame.
>> 
>> Carlos Rabassa
>> Voluntario
>> Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal
>> Montevideo, Uruguay
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 5, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> 
>>> Try
>>> 
>>> 	Holder include: Camera's lastframe copy
>>> 
>>> - Bert -
>>> 
>>> On 05.02.2011, at 19:01, Carlos Rabassa wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Texto en Español luego del Inglés
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> An Etoys user has contacted us for help.
>>>> 
>>>> This is what he wants to do:
>>>> 
>>>> - Take pictures with and XO at regular intervals,  let´s say every 10 minutes.
>>>> 
>>>> - Use a series of these pictures to put together an animation,  the final result being something like this:
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA
>>>> 
>>>> He wants to work with Etoys,  not Smalltalk.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> He has been trying to use
>>>> 
>>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>>> 
>>>> to write a script to take the periodic pictures.
>>>> 
>>>> He would like to move the pictures to a holder to do the animation.
>>>> 
>>>> Instead of getting the pictures he is getting just a tile called
>>>> 
>>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>>> 
>>>> Your advice would be appreciated.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Texto en Español:
>>>> 
>>>> Nos ha contactado un usuario de Etoys pidiendo ayuda.
>>>> 
>>>> Esto es lo que quiere hacer:
>>>> 
>>>> - Tomar fotos con la XO a intervalos regulares,  digamos cada 10 minutos.
>>>> 
>>>> - Usar una serie de estas fotos para juntarlas en una animación logrando un resultado de este tipo:
>>>> 
>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cl0aw87LqA
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Desea trabajar en Etoys, no Smalltalk.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ha estado tratando de usar
>>>> 
>>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>>> 
>>>> para escribir un guión para tomar las fotos periódicas.
>>>> 
>>>> Le gustaría mover luego las fotos a un contenedor para hacer la animación.
>>>> 
>>>> En vez de las fotos le está apareciendo un mosaico titulado
>>>> 
>>>> ⎮Camera´s⎮ Lastframe⎮ graphic⎮
>>>> 
>>>> Los consejos de ustedes serán apreciados.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Carlos Rabassa
>>>> Voluntario
>>>> Red de Apoyo al Plan Ceibal
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